Bulldogs beat Fairfield by one

The CWC Bulldogs came into senior night on Friday, not only looking to honor the seniors, but to get a big momentum building win heading into the regional this week.

The Bulldogs got the big win, defeating Fairfield 55-54 in the season finale.

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The Carmi Times - Carmi, IL

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Posted Feb. 19, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Updated Feb 19, 2013 at 9:11 AM

Posted Feb. 19, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Updated Feb 19, 2013 at 9:11 AM

The CWC Bulldogs came into senior night on Friday, not only looking to honor the seniors, but to get a big momentum building win heading into the regional this week.

The Bulldogs got the big win, defeating Fairfield 55-54 in the season finale.

CWC lead the whole way, although the game was tight from start to finish.

The Bulldogs started the game off with an 18-13 first half score. But Fairfield was able to tighten things up going in the second quarter, taking a 14-10 scoring advantage, and bringing CWC’s lead to one, 28-27 going into halftime.

The Bulldogs were able to stretch the lead out a bit in the third, outscoring Fairfield 16-13 to get it back to four points, at 44-40.

In the final quarter, Fairfield held a 14-11 scoring advantage and had a chance at a game winner in the final seconds, but was unsuccessful, giving the Bulldogs the 55-54 win.

Andy Vaughan led the Bulldogs with 15 points in the win. Brodie Brown and Jamey Steed both added 14.

Other scorers in the game were Dylan Rankin with five, Chase Sailer with five and Jordan Large with two. Lukas Matsel was an honorary starter for the game.

The Bulldogs were able to overcome 16 turnovers in the game to get the win. Fairfield had 11.

CWC was 10-19 from the free throw line, for 53 percent. Fairfield was 14-16 for 88 percent.

CWC will face Hamilton Co. at Hamilton Co. tonight at 6 p.m. in the team’s Regional game. CWC defeated Hamilton Co. earlier this month at home, 53-42. Earlier in the season, CWC traveled to Hamilton Co. and lost 46-44. CWC had a chance to win the game earlier in the season, but foul trouble and an injury to Brodie Brown made things difficult late in the game.

CWC’s junior varsity team had not lost a BDC game coming into Friday night’s meeting with Fairfield, but they did to this time, falling 51-34.

Scoring for the junior varsity Bulldogs were Tucker Gray with 12, Jordan Large with six, Joe Matz with six, Seth Gross with five and Logan Weller with five.